# Roads on the border -- portmanteaus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658 "2019-09-22T20:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658/41 "2019-09-26T13:53:27Z")
You’ve probably got this, because it’s a massive road, but I stayed in a motel on the Tamiami Trail between Tampa and Miami once. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658/42 "2019-09-26T16:48:00Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > You’ve probably got this, because it’s a massive road, but I stayed in a motel on the Tamiami Trail between Tampa and Miami once. It has Tamiami, Florida, a CDP that’s named for the Trail. That brings up the issue of how to treat names that are both those of a place and a road, with the road going through the place. There’s a couple others on the list as well, but only one of the two. There’s now a separate section for roads, so should both be on the list in different sections? I’m thinking they should. I doubt if Wikipedia has a policy for this and I’m not even sure what to search for to find out if they do. Anyone have any ideas or thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658/43 "2019-09-26T18:38:10Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > In northeast Ohio, there’s the Nordonia school district, whose name features a portmanteau of the towns of Norton and Macedonia. Also, there’s Midpark High School, which is in the Cleveland suburb of Berea but honors Middleburg Heights and Brook Park, two other communities served by the district. It’s actually Nordonia Hills - Northfield (Village and Center), Macedonia and Sagamore Hills. Norton isn’t anywhere near us and they have their own school district 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658/44 "2019-09-26T20:15:33Z")
This one is not as official as some of the others you list, but there is a hip neighborhood called, Frelard. It lies between Fremont and Ballard, two of Seattle’s more culturally and historically important neighborhoods. Several businesses use it in their names now. [frelard controversey from 2013](https://seattle.curbed.com/2013/11/14/10175294/frelard-actual-seattle-neighborhood-fremont-ballard) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658/45 "2019-09-27T00:09:34Z")
Not roads, but some other examples: There’s a massive bar on the border of Florida and Alabama called the **Flora-Bam** a. The **Delmarva** Peninsula is made up of parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. And then there’s **Texarkana** , Texas, which was named for Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. (Though, despite the song lyrics, it’s definitely more than a mile from Louisiana.) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658/46 "2019-09-27T01:39:24Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > It’s actually Nordonia Hills - Northfield (Village and Center), Macedonia and Sagamore Hills. Norton isn’t anywhere near us and they have their own school district 🙂 Fortunately, I always double check these things before adding them, so I caught that. > [@Disheavel](#): > > This one is not as official as some of the others you list, but there is a hip neighborhood called, Frelard. It lies between Fremont and Ballard, two of Seattle’s more culturally and historically important neighborhoods. Several businesses use it in their names now. I don’t restrict the entries to just official names and have some that are just as unofficial. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Not roads, but some other examples: > > There’s a massive bar on the border of Florida and Alabama called the **Flora-Bam** a. I decided not to add business names to the list. Too many and they’e not really geographic names. > [@](#): > > The **Delmarva** Peninsula is made up of parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. > > And then there’s **Texarkana** , Texas, which was named for Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. (Though, despite the song lyrics, it’s definitely more than a mile from Louisiana.) Yeah, got 'em. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-on-the-border-portmanteaus/840658.md?page=2)